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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Reconsideration of sentences of imprisonment or detention

156: Authority may call for written reports and hear evidence

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"The Authority can ask for reports and hear evidence about your case."

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The Authority can ask for written reports about you if you are a service prisoner or detainee and your sentence is being reconsidered. The Authority can also hear evidence if there is a hearing about your case. You can find more information about the law that allows the Authority to do this in the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act (No 2) 2007.

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Part 8Reconsideration of sentences of imprisonment or detention

156Authority may call for written reports and hear evidence

  1. The Authority—

  2. may call for any written reports that it thinks fit in respect of a service prisoner or detainee serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention that is before it for reconsideration:
    1. may hear evidence if a hearing is held.

      Notes
      • Section 156: substituted, on , by section 44 of the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act (No 2) 2007 (2007 No 98).